Not sure why you want to wrap an existing Ant task ... If you want to provide default settings, you could use <presetdef>
Jan > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Isaac Jurado [mailto:dipto...@gmail.com] > Gesendet: Sonntag, 24. Februar 2019 18:27 > An: Ant Users List; gudnabr...@gmail.com > Betreff: Re: Creating task/macro wrappers > > Thanks! I didn't notice the <augment> task existed. > > However, I don't seem to wrap my head around it. In particular, it > doesn't seem to support forward references. This is what I tried: > > <macrodef name="mywrapper"> > <attribute name="timeOut" default=""/> > <sequential> > <augment unless:blank="timeOut" id="my-testng-invocation" > timeOut="@{timeOut}"/> > <testng id="my-testng-invocation">...</testng> > </sequentail> > </macrodef> > > The error I get is: > > java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unknown reference "my-testng- > invocation" > > Best regards. > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 5:41 PM Matt Benson <gudnabr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Look into the <augment> task with conditionally executed (using > > if/unless namespaces, antcontrib <if>, or similar) <sequential> > blocks. > > > > HTH, > > Matt > > > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2019, 3:37 AM Isaac Jurado <dipto...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Hello Ant users, > > > > > > I'm trying to create a <macrodef> wrapper over <testng>. The idea > > > is to have my macro expose the same attributes that <testng> > > > supports, with as close semantics as possible. > > > > > > Unfortunately, I have no idea how to reproduce the presence/absence > > > behavior. For instance, <testng> accepts a "timeout" integer > > > attribute. So in my macro I would do: > > > > > > <attribute name="timeout" default=""/> > > > > > > And then calling TestNG would be: > > > > > > <testng timeout="@{timeout}">...</testng> > > > > > > But this turns out not to be the same behavior as NOT specifying > the > > > timeout attribute. In this case, Ant fails because empty string > > > does not parse to an integer. > > > > > > Is there a way to achieve my goal? I would like to avoid writing > > > Java code. But I don't mind resorting to Javascript in the build > > > file (<script> or <scriptdef>). > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > -- > > > Isaac Jurado > > > > > > "The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding" > > > Leonardo da Vinci > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For > > > additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > -- > Isaac Jurado > > "The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding" > Leonardo da Vinci > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional > commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
